Women’s Pension Crisis Highlights Dangers To Savers
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Author: Jan Skoyles
Categories: GoldCore
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Women’s Pension Crisis Highlights Dangers To Savers
– International Women’s Day highlights the underreported UK Women’s pension crisis
– 2.66 million affected by UK government’s change to state pension act
– Women’s pension crisis is one of many in the UK, where there is a £710bn deficit for prospective retirees
– Changes by government highlights the counterparty risks pensions are exposed to
– Global problem as pensions gap of developed countries growing by $28B per day
– Savers and investors should look to invest in gold as part of their pensions
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Imagine contributing to a pension throughout your working life only to be told that you won’t receive it when you expect to. When you receive this information it comes with just a few years’ notice. There is little time to make alternative
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Meat sales drop in Switzerland
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Author: Swissinfo
Categories: Swiss Markets and News
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Less meat was sold in Switzerland in 2017 than the previous year, although the average Swiss still consumed a good 26 kilograms of meat over the year. Sales of domestic and imported meat fell by 0.7% to 221,468 tonnes, the Federal Office for Agricultureexternal link reported. Turnover also dropped by 0.7% to CHF4.64 billion ($4.95 billion).
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Tax ‘total meltdown’ averted
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Author: Thomas Stephens
Categories: Swiss Markets and News
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More than 84% of voters have renewed the government’s right to tax its citizens and companies for another 15 years. This is a unique feature of Switzerland’s political system of direct democracy and federalism. Live results of March 04 2018 ballot: Licence fee for public broadcasters and Federal taxes 2021.
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China Exports: Trump Tariffs, Booming Growth, or Tainted Trade?
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Author: Jeffrey P. Snider
Categories: China
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China’s General Administration of Customs reported that Chinese exports to all other countries were in February 2018 an incredible 44.5% more than they were in February 2017. Such a massive growth rate coming now has served to intensify the economic boom narrative.
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Forget "Free Trade"--It's All About Capital Flows
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Author: Charles Hugh Smith
Categories: The United States
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Defenders and critics of "free trade" and globalization tend to present the issue as either/or: it's inherently good or bad. In the real world, it's not that simple. The confusion starts with defining free trade (and by extension, globalization).
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